Art of making type and type-holders



C. A. NEYLAND. V ART OF MAKING TYPE AND TYPE HOLDERS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1921,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed Marchfl, 1921. Serial No. 450,819.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, CARY A. NEYLAND,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in Spokane county, and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Art of Making Type andFType-l-lolders, of. which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in the art of making type and type holders, designed especially for use in connection with dies for impressing desired figures or designs in or on the surfaces of semi-solids or other objects.

The invention involves a type holder or' block and locking bar combined therewith for maintaining the psinting elements of type in the holder in proper position for impressing the design on the object and in other features of construction of the complete article, and also in certain novel steps in the process of forming the type and type holder, as will be hereinafter more fully disclosed and claimed. The completed; ar

ticle of the invention is adapted for use as a stencil die and may be used in the usual printing form, which when placed in the press is utilized for reproducing as is customary in printing. v In the accompanying drawin and following specification and claims have illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodiment of the process and product of my invention in which the parts are combined and arraned, and the steps of the process associate in the best mode l have so far devised for carrying out the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a type holder and an assortment or font of type therein, made accord-- ing to the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of'the' holder, partly in section showing the manner of securing the type in the holder.

Fig. 3'is a perspective view of a portionof the holder showing one step in the recess or method. of producing the comp eted article.

' in the preferred form of the invention as illustrated in the drawings T have utilized a veneer block i made up of laminated WOOd, similarto the blocks which form the base for cute in printing or engraving, and

5 upon this block, or its upper surface-the design is traced for reproduction in the form of a die or stencil, which design may be a font of type or other characters, cutting rules or borders, or other suitable articles. In the present instance, the drawings show the three letters X Y and Z, and

these letters, or their outlines are first traced on the surface of the block of wood, and by the utilization of a saw of suitable type the lines of the letters are followed and slots 2 cut in the block conforming to the letters or design to be reproduced. in Fig. 3 it will be seen that the saw is entered at one edge of the block, and after sawing or cutting out the material along thacontinuous line of the letter as Z the sawing operation terminates at the edge of the block leaving an open space as 3 at the top of the letter thus cut out. All the letters or characters are formed in this manner with the saw entering and leaving the block at one edge to form a cut out or slot conforming to the character with an open portion 3 atone end of the character or letter. After all the required slots have been cut in the block, their open ends are closed by the application to the block of a locking bar 4., preferably of wood which conforms to the dimensions of the block, and when afiixed forms an integral portion of the holder.

Before the locking bar is applied, however, a metal rule 5 preferably fashioned with a cutting edge 6 is applied to the holder. This rule is of soft iron or steel that is tough but capable of bending with facility, and the thin strip of metal is bent toconfo'rm to the outline of the slot and placed within the slot in frictional contactwith its walls, the ends of the rule or strip terminating at the open space 3 of the edge of the block or holder. The strip or rule is of sufficient length to extend entirely around the slot, and across the open space 3 of the block, to complete the letter, and the strip is of sufficient width to extend through the cut-out block with its lower edge 5 flush with the bottom or under face of the block, and its cutting edge 6 projecting beyond the upper face of the block in order to perform its required functions.

After the metal strip or rule has been applied, the letter formed, and the locking bar attached to the holder, a [filler piece is applied to the type, and in the present embodiment of my invention, this filler piece lot 7 is the pattern or lettercut from the wood block. The thickness of the saw cutting its kerf in the wood is approximately the same as the thickness of the metal strip or rule 5, and it will thus be apparent that the pattern or cut-out 7 may be introduced into the space formed by the rule, to re-fill the cut-out. The integral pattern is forced into the slot between the metal walls of the rule and in close frictional contact therewith with its upper and lower faces flush with the upper and lower faces of the type holder, as shown in Fig. 2. In this manner the type are firmly maintained in proper position in the holder, and the holder is ready to be locked in the usual printers form, placed in the press, and stencils reproduced therefrom in usual manner.

The dies thus prepared may be constructed at comparatively slight expense, and no loss of material, but with rapidity and facility and accuracy, and the completed article utilized to perform its required functions with customary efliciency.

Having 'thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination in a die as described of a type, and holder having a slot therein, a rule conforming to the walls of and 10- cated in said slot, and a filler piece frictionally engaging the inner walls of said rule.

2. The combination in a die of a slotted holder, a rule extended through the slotted holder and conforming to the walls of the slot in the holder, and a pattern frictionally engaging the inner walls of the rule.

3. The combination with a die having a slot therein with an open end, of a rule conforming to the walls of and located in said slot, a pattern frictionally engaging the inner walls of the rule, and a locking bar closing said open end and engaging the holder and rule.

4. The process of forming a die which consists in cutting a pattern from a block to form a slot, placing a rule in said slot conforming to the walls thereof, and replacing said pattern in frictional contact with the inner walls of said rule.

5. The process of forming a die which consists in cutting a pattern from a block to form an open end slot, placing a rule in said slot conforming to the walls thereof, replacing said pattern in frictional contact with the inner walls of said rule, and applying a locking member to retain a portion of the rule in the open end slot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CARY A, NEYLAND. 

